Steam cooker



Feb. 21, 1928.

MMM Z/ Patented Feb. 21, 1928.

UNETED STATES HATTIEk MOON CHAUNCY, OF CHATTANOOGA, TENNESSEE.

STEAM cooxnn.

Application filed April 20, 1926. Serial No. 103,368.

The present invention relates to improvements in cooking utensils and has particular' reference to a novelsteam cooker. I

An important object ot the invention 'is to provide means whereby several commodities may be properly cooked the sainetime. Still another object ot' the invention is the provision of a utensil oi the above typefornate corresponding parts throughout the same:

Figure l is a side elevational view of my improved cooking utensil in assembled oper-l ative position,

Figure 2 is a top plan view of the same,

Figure 3 is a vertical transverse sectional view of the present cooking utensil showing the method of placing cooking vessels therein.

Referring to the drawings, wherein for the purpose of illustration is shown the preferred embodiment of my invention, it will be seen that my improved steamer embodies the provision ot an outer casing preferably' composed, as illustrated in Figures 1 and 3, of a pair of complementary sections. This casing embodies a base section designated by the numeral 20 of generally cylindrical formation' enclosed at its lower end by a bottom plate 2l and open at its upper end. An important characteristic of the present casing construction is the formation of a plurality of vertically extending uniformly spaced corrugations 22 preferably of semicircular formation projecting outwardly and extending the entire length of eachsection. The upper portion of the base section 2O is offset or expanded as at 23 forming an annular shoulder 24 adjacent to but slightly below the upper open edge.

Arranged so as to be slidably fitted in the upper open end ofthe base section 20is an upper complementary section 25 formed similarly to the base section although of slightly increased diameter so as to rest upon the shoulder 2a formed on the base section. This upper section 25 is also provided with corrugations 26 adapted to be telescopically fitted in the corrugations 22 Jformed on the base section.

From the foregoing description and the drawings, it is apparent thaty my improved steamer casing is preferably formed of a pair oit detachable sections arranged in superimp-osed positions so as to vsupport a plurality of cooking vessels to permit the simultaneous steaming of various commodities. In this connection it will be noted, lthat it is possible to utilize only the lower base section when desirable, an effective steamer being)` produced in this application ot the structure when it is intended to employ only one cooking vessel. When employing both casing sections in the application of the steamer, the upper end of the casing is enclosed by means of a pan 27 arranged in inverted position on the upper edge ot the upper section as shown to advantage in Figures 1 and 3. The outwardly projecting corrugations 26 of this upper section are, however, covered by semi-circular top plates 26 provided at their centers with comparatively small apertures 2S, the vpurpose of which will become apparent vas the description progresses. The cover pan 27 is provided with oppositely disposed handles 29 permitting convenient removal of the cover from the casing` In use, a suitable amount of water is pla-ced in the base section of the steamer casing and the assembled device positioned over a burner or other suitable source of heat. Steam is generated from the water and rises through the casing, heating the vessels mounted therein and cooking the contents. The corrugations formed in the casing sections will facilitate the action of the steam so as to increase the effectiveness thereof, and strengthen the structure. An excessive steam pressure is avoided by the provision of the apertures 28 formed in the upper ends of the corrugations, these apertures providing steam vents through which the steam is permitted to escape. In this manner, a number of different commodities may be cooked in the vessels and compartments formed therein, simultaneously for an entire meal.

It is to be understood that the form of my invention herewith shown and described is to be taken as the preferred example of the same, and that various changes as to the shape and size may be resorted to Without departing frornthe spirit of the invention or the scope of the subjoined elairn-s.

Having thus described niy invention, I claim:

1. A cooking vessel of the character described, wherein the Wall thereof is provided with a plurality of relatively deep eorrugations extending from the top edge of thewall to the bottoni thereof, and vopening into the vessel, said eoifrugations beingopen at their upper ends, and having the vlower ends Closed by the bottom of the vessel ei;-

tendingthereaeross and formed integral therewith, said vessel having a relatively narrow portion of thel Wall at the top edge thereof of slightly greater diameter to set up an annular flange designed to support another utensil Within the vessel ybut leaving the eorrugations open at the top.

2.A cooker of the character Comprising,

in combination, a base receptacle havinge bottom and side Wall,-andhaving -said side Wall provided With a plurality of outwardly pressed relatively deep eorrugations extendiingfrom the top edHgeUGfthe Wall to the thereof, `Said body beingr of a diameter to fit Within the enlarged np er nortionof said reeepteeleand the eorrugations of ysaid body,

being V.of such dialneter'as to permit their insertion int-o the upper ends ofthe eorrngations of the reeeptaele therebeneath.

In testimony Whereof aiiiX my signature.V

lienrrfrin Moon einxUNCIiY.V 

